winstanley college
Entry Policy 2013-14
For September 2013, the College will guarantee a place to all applicants who achieve 50 points and above
from their best 8 GCSE results. All students must have achieved a C grade or above in GCSE English,
Maths and Science (level 2 equivalent science qualifications are also acceptable). It may be possible to
accept students who haven’t yet achieved a C grade or above in GCSE Maths onto Diploma courses.
Diploma Admissions
The College recognises that as well as GCSEs, other qualifications are suited to progression onto practical
courses such as the Diplomas in Performing Arts or Art & Design. Therefore, in addition to GCSEs,
applicants for Diploma courses can include vocational and specialist qualifications when calculating their
average score. As with other applicants only eight qualifications can be used and a successful audition or
acceptable portfolio must be offered as one of these eight. Transfers from Diploma to a 4AS level course
will not normally be possible. Please see overleaf for the detail of how points are awarded.
For non-English qualifications the College will use NARIC equivalencies and QCA adjudications.
If the College is able to offer places to students with less than 50 points, offers will be made on a declining
scale e.g. to those with 49, 48 points etc. For students who achieve fewer than 50 points, in the event of
the points score not being a sufficiently precise discriminator, offers will be made on the basis of
a)
number of A*s
b)
number of As
amongst the best 8 results
c)
number of Bs
If in doubt about the progression value of a specific course, please contact the College’s admissions office
at the earliest opportunity.
Applications Deadline
Only applications received in College by Friday 1st March 2013 can be considered.
Acceptance Forms
Unfortunately given the pressure on college places, if you do not return your acceptance form to the
College, we regret that you will not be eligible to enrol in August.
Enrolment
We aim to finalise our admissions procedures by the end of Friday 23rd August 2013. If you don’t attend
your enrolment interview (the date and time for this is stated in your offer letter) we will assume you no
longer wish to take up our offer of a place.
If you cannot avoid being away on holiday during the enrolment period (22nd and 23rd August 2013) you
must contact us beforehand to arrange a later enrolment date. You must also arrange for your results,
and any proposed change of course, to be sent to the college by 12 noon on Friday 23rd August 2013.
This can be done by:
 telephone (01695 633244)
 fax (01695 633409)
 e-mail janet.bennett@winstanley.ac.uk
winstanley college
If you do not provide us with these details by the specified date we will assume you no longer wish to
come to Winstanley.
Appeals
Requests for special consideration should normally be accompanied by support from the applicant’s
school and be made in writing to the Vice Principal, Mel Chadwick. Appeals for special consideration will
be heard by the Admissions Panel if received before GCSE results are published. Only in exceptional
circumstances is the College able to hear appeals made after GCSE results have been published. Please
note that normally, the College will give preference for its limited places to Year 11 school leavers.
Points awarded as follows
AS Admissions
Grade
A*
A
B
C
D
E
GCSEs
Half
GCSEs
10
8
6
4
-
5
4
3
2
-
AS
levels
Applied GCSEs
(counts as two of eight quals)
14
12
10
8
6
20
16
12
8
-
Vocational Qualifications*
(counts as one of eight quals)
Distinction* 10
Distinction 8
Merit 6
Pass 4
-
*N.B. only one vocational course can be counted in your eight qualifications
Diploma Admissions
Qualification
BTEC First Diploma in a
relevant subject*
BTEC First Certificate in a
relevant subject*
Grade 5 or above ABRSM
LAMDA* etc. (Perf Arts only)
Audition/Portfolio
Distinction* Distinction Merit Pass
40
Counts as four of eight
32
24
16
qualifications
20
Counts as two of eight
16
12
8
qualifications
Counts as one of eight
8
6
4
qualifications
10
Counts as one of eight
8
6
4
qualifications
*N.B. only one vocational course can be counted in your eight qualifications
Higher Diploma students must achieve at least 22 points from four GCSEs as well as a minimum of a B in
their diploma to study AS levels
An AIDA qualification gives students an excellent grounding in ICT but does not count towards the points
score for entry to AS level or Diploma courses. The adult literacy and numeracy qualifications commonly
known as ALAN do not count towards the points score for entry.